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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.   Melville, Herman


 

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Excerpt from Moby Dick, or, the whale · This quote is tagged Age and Aging · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Help your friends discover QB

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Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, essayist, and poet. During his lifetime his early novels were popular, but his popularity declined later in his life. By the time of his death he had nearly been forgotten, but his masterpiece, Moby-Dick, was "rediscovered." · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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